Long Bow Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042747052
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Newton, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6177337045
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,719
- Expenses
- $125,009
- Assets
- $165,155
- Liabilities
- $10,432
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICHARD GORDON (PRESIDENT/CL)
People named in this filing
- CARMELITA HINTON (TREASURER)
- GAIL HERSHATTER (DIRECTOR)
- RICHARD GORDON (PRESIDENT/CL)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Long bow group, inc. Is a non-profit organization which produces educational media, primarily about china, in the form of documentary films, videos, dvds and websites for use in universities and high schools and on public television.
What it reported doing in 2024
Film sales: distribution income for long bow group's previously produced films consisted of domestic and foreign sales for "morning sun" (91%) and "gate of heavenly peace" (9%). Sales revenues from domestic educational institutions was received through long bow group's distributors, center for asian american media and k kilne & co in New York. Foreign educational and television revenue was received through jane balfour services limited.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -386.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.